American - Musician | December 9, 1967 -
I think - I'm always interested in reaching people in different ways, not by - not by just standing on a - randomly on a subway platform.
Joshua Bell
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When Beethoven's Seventh Symphony was premiered, after the second movement, they clapped so much that they had the repeat the second movement and do it again.
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When I hear people clapping at the wrong times, I think that's great. We have got a listener that's not used to going to - we have got a new listener.
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Everyone's definition of what God means can vary. But music is something that really takes you to that - 'sublime' is a great word. That thing that is greater than we are. The beauty, the magic of the universe.
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For me, music has been, in a sense, my religion, and it is what brings me closest to God or truth or whatever you want to call it.
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My father was - actually was an Episcopal priest as a young man. Became a psychotherapist, a psychologist. My mother is Jewish, so I grew up in a mixed background. But the common denominator was certainly music, and that was sort of emphasized in my household as music being sort of the spiritual force.
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If I read every comment on my YouTube videos, I'd go crazy with people that are saying negative things.
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I kind of alternate between conducting and playing and kind of juggling those things, but I don't use a baton.
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The one thing in my contract that they have backstage for me is bananas. And usually my assistant will go and get me chicken broth.
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I can't play on a full stomach, so I save my eating for after the concert.
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Hamburgers are my favorite thing to eat, period.
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I know how to deal with jet lag, and I know just how much rest I need and when I need to take naps. When you walk on stage, you need your brain working at its highest and most fully-functioning, so it's not always easy, but I sort of figure it out.
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